Combined mop and wringer



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7 COMBINED MOB ANawRINGER Filed Oct. 24, 1927 Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UhliTEfi STAlfin GEORGE XNGLOSE l-ZILLYAED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER.

Application filed October 24, 1927, Serial No. 228,447, and in Great Britain June 28, 1927.

This invention relates to a combined mop and wringer of the type in which a fabric secured at one end to a rotary member is wound upon that member when excess moisture is to be wrung therefrom.

The object of the invention is to provide such a mop of the above general type in which the fabric can be more readily detached than hitherto.

To this end it is a feature of the present invention to furnish the fabric supporting or constituting the mop strands with a collapsible beading enabling that portion of the fabric which normally engages a slot or its equivalent on the rotary member to be removed as and when desired after the beading has been caused to collapse.

Any suitable form ,of collapsible beading may be used but preferably a wire or rod is removably housed within the loop or hem the bead so formed engaging the end of the slot and preventing unintentional removal of the fabric therefrom.

A construction according to this invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a mop head or frame according to this invention,

Figure 2 is an end elevation illustrating the handle for winding up the fabric and the catch therefor, and

Figure 3 is a cross-section of the rotary member on an enlarged scale.

In the construction illustrated the mop comprises a head portion or frameworlrineluding end plates A which are perforated to constitute a support for a rotary member or spindle B one end of which is bent up into an operating handle B whilst the other end carries a rubber or like protecting buffer B The framework is furnished with a socket A for a handle A (partly broken away) and secured to the end wall A adjacent to the handle B is an arm C of resilient material having its outer end bent over and slotted as at C to constitute a hook which will engage the outer end of the arm and retain. it in the position of adjustment.

Secured to the spindle B is a. rod or bar D forming a bail or rod thereon extending parallel to the spindle and spaced a short distance therefrom. This bar D in conjunction with the spindle B forms a longitudinal slot to engage one end of the fabric or backing E constituting or carrying the actual mopping surface F. The end of the backing or fabric E is furnished with a longitudlnal hem or tube E which can be passed into the longitudinal slot between the bail D and the spindle B as shown in Figure 3. After the backing E has been threaded through the longitudinal slot be tween the rod D and the spindle B, a wire or rod G is inserted into the tubular portion E of the backing so as to constitute a beading (as shown in Figure 3) of greater diameter or thickness than the width of the slot thereby to prevent the fabric and the mopping surface it carries from being unintentionally removed from the spindle. At

' the other end the fabric is furnished with an eyelet or the like E adapted to engage a hook at the lower end of a spring H secured to the handle A.

When the fabric is to be removed for substitution or renewal, first the hook at the end of the spring H is caused to disengage the eyelet D and then the rod G is withdrawn .from the hem or loop E thus enabling the entire fabric to be removed.

In operation when it is desired to wring the fabric the handle B is caused to disengage the hooked slot G in the arm O by bending the arm into the position shown by dotted lines in Figure 2 which brings the open side of the slot opposite to the outer end of the arm. The spindle B can then be rotated against the tension of the spring H thus winding up the fabric upon the spindle to wring excess moisture therefrom.

It will be appreciated that although a frame made from, stamped metal or the like is illustrated, other forms of supporting head may be employed and that constructional details may be modified within the limits of the following claim.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a combined mop and wringer the combination of a supporting frame, a rotary member mounted therein, a handle for rotating said member, a resilient arm on the frame having a hook-shaped part near its outer end adapted to engage said handle, a tentional displacement of the fabric relabail on the rotary member spaced theretive to the rotary member and spring means from, a cleaning fabric adapted to be tending to retract the fabric and maintain 10 threaded through the space between the r0- it in an extended state.

5 tary member and the bail, a beading at one In testimony whereof I have signed my end of the fabric, a rod removably mounted name to this specification. in said beading adapted to prevent unin- GEORGE INGLOSE HILLYARD. 

